Xwisten Experience Tours
Xwisten Experience Tours: Traditional Fishing Rocks and Archaeological Village Tours. Available Every Day from June - September. Located at 5202 Moha Road, Lillooet BC.
Come visit the Bridge River Fishing Grounds, the past and current fishing area of the St'at'imc People.
Take part in a tour of an extensive archaeological site which contains over 80 identified pit houses.
To complete the tour, partake in a Salmon BBQ meal and traditional dessert.
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Arts & Culture Road Trip: British Columbia's Cariboo Region
Take a road trip through British Columbia's Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region to discover the area's stunning scenery, thriving artisan communities and rich past. Visit Barkerville Historic Town, Artswells in Wells, Xatsull Heritage Village in Williams Lake and the unique Aboriginal experience of Xwisten Experience Tours in Lillooet.
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Pink salmon, Bridge River, Lillooet BC sept 20 2009
Pink salmon in the Bridge River sept 20 2009
Lillooet - Lifestyle Video
Spectacular scenery, wildlife, and history are just around the corner. Lillooet, British Columbia's best kept secret, is within easy driving distance of Vancouver, Whistler, Kamloops and the Fraser Valley - come visit us and see what our community has to offer!
Lillooet WAter Plant Tour-Phase 1 completion
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Lillooet - Recreation Video
Spectacular scenery, wildlife, and history are just around the corner. Lillooet, British Columbia's best kept secret, is within easy driving distance of Vancouver, Whistler, Kamloops and the Fraser Valley - come visit us and see what our community has to offer!
Náskan Ūxwal (I’m Going Home) Documentary 2017
The Náskan Ūxwal (I’m Going Home) ceremonial journey took place to acknowledge and help in the healing journey of the St’át’imc residential school survivors and their families. We reclaimed our spirits that were left behind; those who were deceased and those who reclaimed their inner child. In doing this we acknowledged our past so that we can continue moving forward. This film is one version of the story, every person who participated had their own distinct experience and will pass along their story.
This video is dedicated to our St’át’imc youth and future generations. May we continue to heal in our culture and build our inner resilience as we journey forward.
Special acknowledgements to the BC First Peoples Cultural Council, Aboriginal Arts Development Program and the St’át’imc communities of Tsal’alh, T’it’q’et, Xaxli’p, Sekw’el’was, Ts’kw’aylaxw and Xwisten for providing the funding for this film.
This video is owned by the St’át’imc people. The journey started in Tk'emlūps te Secwepemc, Skeetchestn, Stuctwewsemc (Bonaparte), and went to Ts’kw’aylaxw, Xaxli’p, Sekw’el’was, T’it’q’et, Xwisten, Tsal’alh, N’Quatqua and Lil’wat. The St’át’imc communities or the Lillooet Tribal Council can be contacted for further information.
Kukwstum̓úlhkal̓ap (thank you from all of us to all of you).
Live in Lillooet BC with Chrome of VanCity Vanlife
Live in Lillooet BC with Chrome of VanCity Vanlife
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Fish Rock at Bridge River
At Fish Rock, just north of Lillooet, several First Nations work and live together during salmon spawning season, using nets to harvest the fish as the salmon migrate back to where they were hatched. Visitors are able to take tours and enjoy a salmon feast.
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Sturgeon Fishing - Lillooet B.C. - Team Baked
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Salmon in the Canyon Festival
Festival to celebrate the return of the Sockeye to the Fraser River to spawn, August 20 in Lillooet, B.C.
Junction Creek Devastation
Near the top of Junction Creek's recent logging, slash piles show an excessive amount of waste and a creek bed has been terribly damaged. Christine Jack speaks on behalf of the Voice of the Voiceless camp located at the bottom of Junction Creek, Yalakom Valley, Xwisten Territory, St'at'imc.
Christine Jack, Voice for the Voiceless camp day 30
Christine Jack standing by a grandfather tree. It is day 30 of the Voice for the Voiceless camp up Junction Creek.
On March 16th 2015 there was a reoccupy camp set up in Xwisten territory at Junction Creek in the Yalakom Valley an hour and fifteen minutes outside of Lillooet.
The camp is welcoming people to come and join them to help protect the land from irresponsible and unsustainable logging practices.
This camp is also to bring healing to the land by restoration work and healing to the people by hands-on experience on the land. This will be a place where people can come and learn about the rich culture and heritage of the people from this area. The camp is just below a heritage site that has huge cultural significance to Xwisten people. Junction Creek summer village once was a meeting place where people came to hunt, gather and process food. The Xwisten people are still using this place for the same reasons today.
The St'át'imc way of life is inseparably connected to the land. Our people use various locations throughout our territory to hunt and fish, harvest food and gather medicines.
Aspen Planers' work is damaging delicate ecosystems and animal habitat. Disregard for the impacts of such resource extraction could affect the ability of the Xwisten community to thrive as a people.
The lessons of living on the land are a large part of the inheritance passed on from St'át'imc elders to our children. It is our inherent responsibility to protect the land and all its inhabitants for generations to come.
Salmon Fishing, British Columbia. 2017
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Salmon Fishing at Moricetown BC
Wet'suwet'en First Nations people fishing for salmon at the rapids in Moricetown.
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PROTECTING_THE_SACRED.mp4
International Indigenous Leadership Gathering - 2008
In 2008, the Lillooet Tribal Council hosted the International Indigenous Leadership Gathering on Sacred lands in Lillooet, BC, Canada. My friend, Chief Desmond Peters, with the support of the Tribal Council requested that I help with the documentation of this historic event. Shaman, Healers, and Elders came together from around the World.
In 2009, people will again come from around the world to participate and share the love and compassion that lies within every individual. We are one family of humanity they say. Our survival depends on each other, not on the Government, as Darrell Bob says in the film.
You can get more specific information about this years' Gathering at protectingthesacred.ning.com and at fwii.net. We are presently attempting to secure funding for the longer version of this project which will be edited from the more than 25 hours of footage that was shot, and will include more of the International Visitors.
Filmed at Lillooet, BC:
Credits:
Desmond Peters/Mark Boiko - Prod/Dir.
Jonathan Morris - DOP/Editor
Meeka Morgan - Writer/Interviewer
Carlin Favell - Writer/Stills Photos
Filip Dobosz - Videographer
AJ Vesak - Videographer
Duncan Hogg - Videographer
Laurin Valentine - Prod. Ass't
Maxine Favell - Prod. Ass't
Ty Boiko - Prod. Ass't
Special thanks to Terry Kim for the loan of his equipment and his moral support.
Mike Leach has now joined the team as Project Manager to assist in the production of the 1 hour documentary.